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However, there are still a few avenues for how to buy Lionel Richie tickets for his 2024 Las Vegas residency. Lionel Richie 2024 tour scheduleLionel Richie is playing 13 shows at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas throughout the fall of 2024. Date City StubHub prices Vivid Seats prices Time September 18, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $228 $229 8 p.m. September 21, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $180 $256 8 p.m. September 25, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $205 $184 8 p.m. September 27, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $247 $256 8 p.m. October 9, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $192 $173 8 p.m. October 11, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $150 $153 8 p.m. October 12, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $189 $189 8 p.m. November 6, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $88 $93 8 p.m. November 8, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $90 $92 8 p.m. November 9, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $176 $175 8 p.m. November 13, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $167 $159 8 p.m. November 15, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $150 $153 8 p.m. November 16, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada $184 $173 8 p.m. How to buy tickets for Lionel Richie 2024 concert tourYou can buy standard original tickets to Lionel Richie’s 2024 Las Vegas residency shows on Ticketmaster. VIP tickets are also available for Lionel Richie's 2024 Las Vegas concert dates.

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☆ I visited an American Express Centurion Lounge for the first time and realized I've been missing out
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

American Express pioneered credit-card-branded airport lounges and has dozens of global locations. I visited an AmEx Centurion Lounge for the first time, and it was easy to see why people love them. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAmerican Express pioneered credit-card-branded airport lounges over a decade ago with its first-ever Centurion Lounge in Las Vegas.

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☆ Oracle bumps up fiscal 2026 revenue forecast, lifting stock 6%
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oracle shares rose about 6% in extended trading on Thursday after the database software maker raised its fiscal 2026 revenue guidance and issued a heady forecast for the 2029 fiscal year. At an analyst meeting coinciding with the Oracle CloudWorld conference in Las Vegas, the company said it now sees at least $66 billion in fiscal 2026 revenue. She pointed to partnerships that will allow companies to use Oracle database software through top-tier cloud providers Amazon , Google and Microsoft . The company's cloud infrastructure revenue grew 45% in the most recent quarter, a quicker pace than at Amazon, Google or Microsoft. As Oracle plans to expand revenue, Catz said she expects capital expenditures to double in the current 2025 fiscal year.

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☆ Mortgage rates fall to lowest level since February 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest point since February 2023, in a welcome sign for Americans grappling with a tough housing market. The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.20% in the week ended September 12, mortgage financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday. Mortgage rates started to drop early last month on news affirming lower interest rates in the future, specifically after a weaker-than-expected jobs report for July, and have gradually edged lower since. “Mortgage rates have fallen more than half a percent over the last six weeks and are at their lowest level since February 2023,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a release. The Fed doesn’t directly set mortgage rates, but its action do influence them through movements in bond yields.

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☆ Amazon hikes wages for contract delivery drivers as union pressures grow
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In an aerial view, Amazon delivery trucks sit parked at an Amazon distribution center on July 16, 2024 in Richmond, California. Amazon is bumping its average national pay for contracted delivery drivers to roughly $22 an hour, up from $20.50 an hour, the company said Thursday. The Teamsters union has led a number of strikes at Amazon delivery facilities in the past year, and it's made organizing Amazon employees a key focus after launching a division dedicated to the online retail giant in 2021. Amazon has fought to avoid being designated as a joint employer of its contracted delivery drivers, arguing that the workers are employed by third-party firms. WATCH: Amazon delivery companies skip safety checks to keep up with quotas

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A Florida judge has declared Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorced and single, signing off on a confidential agreement reached between the two. Judge Gina Beovides declared that the marriage was “irretrievably broken,” and that the couple’s agreement, especially their parenting plan, was in the best interest of the family. After-hours emails seeking comment from representatives of both Turner and Jonas were not immediately returned. But the split turned into a serious dispute within weeks when Turner sued to force Jonas to turn over the girls’ passports so they could join her in her native England. Turner said she learned of Jonas’ divorce filing through the media, while Jonas said the two had had multiple conversations about it.

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The pace of inflation likely moderated again in August — further relief for beleaguered consumers still smarting from pandemic-era price shocks. Though price growth has largely returned to the Federal Reserve's official 2% target, the sting of rapid price increases over the past four years lingers for many consumers. The latest inflation report is likely to cement a 0.25% cut in the Federal Reserve's key interest rate, currently at about 5.3%, later this month. But experts say it will take some time for consumers to feel the impact of the lower interest rate — and the relatively small size of the cut means borrowing costs will still be somewhat elevated. While the Fed is now widely expected to cut interest rates, a cut of just 0.25% may not be enough to stave off that scenario.

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☆ How 9/11 Become Gen Z's Favorite Internet Meme, Joke
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Scott Nover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

On 9/11, the first meme dropped at 8:56 a.m. "That is a big fucking hole in the World Trade Center sirs!" 9/11 jokes, in other words, often have very little to do with 9/11. AdvertisementUnlike Domineau or those anonymous SomethingAwful posters, many people making and spreading 9/11 memes today are too young to remember 9/11, if they were alive at all. She says 9/11 memes have always been popular with her cohort. Domineau says it's only natural for young people to take 9/11 jokes to the next extreme.

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While the concert's dates are quickly approaching, there are still a few avenues for how to buy Life is Beautiful Block Party tickets. The 2024 Life is Beautiful Block Party is split between two stages, with no overlapping sets from musicians and lower ticket prices for Life is Beautiful. Life is Beautiful Block Party 2024 festival scheduleThe 2024 Life is Beautiful Block Party starts on September 27 at 5 p.m. CT. On the first day, seven artists will perform across two different stages. How to buy tickets for Life is Beautiful Block Party 2024You can buy original tickets to the 2024 Life is Beautiful Block Party on the festival's website. The cheapest original 2024's Life is Beautiful Block Party tickets begin at $149 for Friday-only or Saturday-only General Admission passes.

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☆ The debate didn’t sway some voters CNN talked to, but others know exactly who they’re backing now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Joan London knew when Tuesday’s debate began she would not vote for Donald Trump. Until this week’s debate in Philadelphia, though, she planned to honor her conservative principles and write in some other Republican. Her decision to back Vice President Kamala Harris was the most significant shift in the reaction we received from this group of voters during the debate and in its immediate aftermath. “Trump came off as irrational and desperate.”Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on September 10. Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOther Harris voters delighted in her success distracting and rattling Trump.

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☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 2: Let’s overreact! Chargers, Bucs up; Bengals, Falcons down
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Baltimore Ravens (0-1)Last week: 3Thursday: Lost to Kansas City Chiefs 27-20Lamar Jackson can’t keep this up. New York Jets (0-1)Last week: 13Monday: Lost to San Francisco 49ers 32-19Let’s focus on the positive: Aaron Rodgers made it through Week 1 perfectly healthy. Cincinnati Bengals (0-1)Last week: 9Sunday: Lost to New England Patriots 16-10Ja’Marr Chase didn’t have a great negotiating week. Atlanta Falcons (0-1)Last week: 15Sunday: Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers 18-10The Falcons spent big on free-agent quarterback Kirk Cousins in the offseason. Cleveland Browns (0-1)Last week: 11Sunday: Lost to Dallas Cowboys 33-17Let’s review the Deshaun Watson situation.

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☆ Presidential debate live updates: Trump and Harris face off in Philadelphia
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Dan Mangan Kevin Breuninger Josephine Rozzelle Brian Schwartz Rebecca Picciotto Ece Yildirim | Dan Mangan | Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during his "No Tax on Tips" campaign event in Il Toro E La Capra restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 23, 2024. (L), and Vice President Kamala Harris smiles as she speaks at her Presidential Campaign headquarters in Wilmington, DE, U.S., July 22, 2024. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will square off Tuesday against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, in a prime-time debate that could alter the course of an unprecedented race for the White House. It will also be the first time Harris and Trump have ever met in person, just eight weeks before the Nov. 5 election. Polling averages indicate the race is effectively tied at the national level, while surveys of the key battleground states show Trump and Harris within a few points of each other, and well within the polls' margins of error.

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☆ I've been to Las Vegas over 50 times. Here are the 9 big mistakes I see most first-time visitors make.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Wendy Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

I've been to Las Vegas over 50 times and want others to enjoy Sin City as much as I do. I've been visiting Las Vegas for over 20 years. Wendy LeeWith over 50 visits to Las Vegas under my belt, I consider myself an expert in all things Sin City. Early in our marriage, my husband and I started traveling to Las Vegas every June to celebrate our anniversary. I love Las Vegas, so I'm always disappointed when I hear people complain about it, especially when many of their negative experiences could've been avoided.

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☆ Coinbase-backed lobby urges ABC to ask about crypto in Trump-Harris debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Stand With Crypto's bus tour through five battleground states kicked off last week in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Logan Dobson/Stand With Crypto AllianceStand With Crypto's bus tour through five battleground states is all about getting people registered to vote. Logan Dobson/Stand With Crypto Alliance"Bipartisan crypto legislation has already passed the House of Representatives, and more and more elected officials are coming out in support of crypto," the letter says. Stand With Crypto's tour through battleground states is more about turning out the vote than raising cash. Logan Dobson/Stand With Crypto Alliance

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☆ Harris braces for the most critical moment of her political career at debate with Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Kamala Harris’ joyful campaign will Tuesday be hit by the blunt force of reality — a debate with Donald Trump — the most menacing political foe of modern times. The vice president transformed the 2024 election after President Joe Biden’s abject debate showing against Trump on CNN in June led him to end his reelection bid. Haris will be ‘fully prepared’But to succeed in the debate, the vice president faces three difficult tasks. The conceit, however, allowed the Trump campaign to argue she’d return to her original stance if she won power. “I believe the vice president will be fully prepared to do that.”

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☆ Why playing it safe on immigration and crime could be a big risk for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Since Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, Trump has constantly attempted to portray her as weak on immigration and crime. On Friday, Harris also chose not to mention mass deportation during a radio interview with Univision, when the host asked her to summarize her argument to undecided Hispanic voters. “There is a way in which those [crime and immigration] issues in particular are also about bigger things,” said Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of BlackPAC, a group working to mobilize Black voters for Harris and Democrats. And many of those voters might recoil from these Trump policies on crime and immigration if they heard more about them. “What he is hoping is that the Black voters who he is [courting] don’t see that stuff,” Shropshire said.

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☆ Lyudmyla Kichenok: This tennis player was supposed to be at her wedding. But winning the US Open women’s doubles title changed her plans
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But that schedule all changed when the Ukrainian player and her doubles partner Jelena Ostapenko kept on winning in the women’s doubles tournament. So much so that they claimed the grand slam title on Friday, beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai in straight sets in the final in Arthur Ashe Stadium. After claiming her maiden grand slam title, Kichenok revealed that Kumarsky – who is Ostapenko’s coach – had initially booked the wedding two days before the final for the pair to tie the knot but her success on the court curtailed that plan. “We decided when we got here to New York, my boyfriend Stas, he checked where we can do it, because we got engaged more than a year ago,” the 32-year-old said on court after winning the women’s doubles title. Luke Hales/Getty ImagesKichenok and Ostapenko were dominant on their way to claiming the US Open women’s doubles title, not dropping a set all tournament.

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That continues a trend from 2023, when generative AI companies raised $25.9 billion for the full year, up more than 200% from 2022. The average round for AI companies is 140% bigger this year compared with last, the data shows, while for non-AI companies the increase is only 10%. Most venture investors are bullish on the potential for generative AI to eventually create big returns at the application layer. John-David Lovelock, an analyst at Gartner and a 35-year veteran of the IT industry, sees a big opportunity for generative AI in the enterprise. Yet, in 2024, only 1% of the trillion dollars spent on software will be from businesses spending on generative AI products, he said.

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☆ The Kansas City Chiefs are the NFL’s current dynasty — here's why they are worth less than teams that regularly miss the playoffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL's current dynasty, are only the 18th most valuable team in the league at $6.07 billion, according to CNBC's Official 2024 NFL Team Valuations. The bulk of a team's revenue in a given season comes from the ballooning media rights fees that the NFL charges for its games. Contrast that with leagues like the NBA and NHL, where clubs receive a much bigger cut of playoff ticket revenue. Stadium ownership and operating rights are also a lucrative source of revenue for NFL teams. Perennial playoff teams can also be more attractive to sponsors because they can almost guarantee that thousands of additional people will be in their stadiums every year.

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☆ The top 10 NFL football teams are worth a combined $78 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Top 10 NFL teams are worth a combined $78 billion, with the Dallas Cowboys claiming the top spot. As the NFL season gets underway, here are the most valuable football teams in the league. According to a new analysis from CNBC, the top 10 most highly valued NFL teams are worth a combined $78 billion. AdvertisementThe average NFL football team is worth $6.49 billion, according to the analysis, with the most valuable team hitting an $11 billion valuation, while the lowest valued team, the Cincinnati Bengals, is worth $5.25 billion. Here are the top 10 most valuable NFL football teams, according to CNBC.

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☆ The Hard-Partying Lawyers Who Get Negligent Companies to Pay Billions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

In 2023, mass-tort lawyers spent $152 million on TV ads and millions more on social media. The data provider X Ante estimated that in 2023, mass-tort lawyers spent $152 million on TV ads and millions more on social media. The decades that followed mass torts' onset on the national stage showed the big risks and big rewards of mass torts. AdvertisementIn a class action, a settlement is public, and the judge has to approve the lawyers' fees. But others are confident that indebted mass-tort lawyers can bounce back from a few bad bets.

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The addition of Gabbard is particularly notable given the tense exchanges she had with the vice president during their 2020 race that left Harris rattled. Trump’s team has been sketching out potential responses on reproductive rights with the expectation Harris will make that a focus during the debate. The Trump campaign has insisted the matter is settled. Thus far, no one is expected to sit in for Harris, just as no one played Biden ahead of the June debate. It’s the second time the vice president will visit the city this week after campaigning with Biden on Labor Day.

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☆ Macao did it. Singapore too. Now Thailand looks to build casinos to attract tourist dollars
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Thailand is working on a new game plan to boost foreigner arrivals and increase tourism spending: casinos. The strategy has worked for Macao — which has overtaken Las Vegas as the world's largest gambling hub — and Singapore, with two successful 14-year-old casinos. If Thailand's draft bill gets passed into law, the country could be Macao and Singapore's largest competitor by the end of the decade, industry watchers told CNBC. If the law gets passed, Thailand's casinos could generate 187 billion Thai baht ($5.5 billion) in revenues, or 1% of the country's GDP, according to Maybank research. The Thai economy grew 1.9% in 2023, and is expected to grow 2.7% this year, the finance ministry said.

Persons: Ben Lee, —, Lee, Srettha Thavisin, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Yin Shao Yang Organizations: Macao, Las Vegas, CNBC, IGamiX Management, Consulting, Tourism, Thai, Investment Bank Locations: Pattaya, Thailand, Singapore, Macao, Macau

☆ A quaint California downtown is on sale for $6.6 million, but the seller is looking for a specific kind of buyer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-01 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Downtown Campo is an hour away from San Diego in California. Downtown Campo has 28 buildingsThe listing for downtown Campo includes three separate parcels totaling about 16 acres. HMBD Real Estate MarketingRay first purchased the property in 2000 when he lived in San Diego. HMBD Real Estate MarketingHernandez echoed that sentiment, saying locals mentioned renovating the local basketball court and a new playground. AdvertisementHernandez said he's had offers from a mix of interested parties, including traditional real estate investors and people pitching unique concepts.

Persons: —, Deborah Jean Peck, I've, Peck, Campo, John Ray, Nick Hernandez, " Hernandez, Marketing Ray, He's, Ray, Hernandez, Marketing Hernandez, who's, he's, Tony Hawk Organizations: Service, Campo, Business, Downtown, Campo Baptist Church, Marketing, Cleveland National Forest, Campo Metal, Campo hasn't, downtown Locations: Campo, San Diego, Downtown Campo, California, HMBD, Las Vegas, Coast, Mexico, Canada, downtown Campo

☆ Hotel key cards are being replaced by digital options like Apple, Google wallets
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-01 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Many hotel chains are racing to replace the plastic room key with digital options, including Apple Wallet and Google Wallet apps. Plastic hotel key cards have had a rough few years. Cybersecurity and safety issues have prompted many hotel chains to accelerate plans to transform hotel room door locks. Power's research on hotels found that only 14% of total branded hotel guests used digital keys during their hotel stay. "Guests using 'digital key' provide significantly more positive ratings for safety of the hotel compared to those who did not use digital keys," Stokes said.

Persons: Kimberly Elder, Eli Fuchs, Fuchs, Lee Clark, Clark, Andrea Stokes, Stokes, Chad Spensky, Spensky, Mehmet Erdem, William F, Erdem, There's Organizations: Apple, Hilton Hotels, Hilton, Valor Hospitality Partners, Holiday, Retail, University of Las, Harrah College of Hospitality Locations: U.S, Franklin , Tennessee, J.D, ., Las Vegas

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